RuntimeError: The current Numpy installation fails to pass a sanity check due to a bug in the windows runtime

Question

Kenil Vasani

Asked: November 19, 20202020-11-19T06:45:56+00:00 2020-11-19T06:45:56+00:00In: Python

I am using Python 3.9 on Windows 10 version 2004 x64. PowerShell as Administrator.

Python verion:

Python 3.9.0 (tags/v3.9.0:9cf6752, Oct  5 2020, 15:34:40) [MSC v.1927 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32

Install matplotlib error.

pip install virtualenv
virtualenv foo
cd .\foo
.\Scripts\active
pip install numpy
pip install matplotlib

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Kenil Vasani · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-19T06:46:13+00:00

Best Answer

Kenil Vasani

The temporary solution is to use numpy 1.19.3.

pip install numpy==1.19.3

From this Microsoft thread fix will be available around January 2021.